Our Magical World We Call Earth
We give our home planet little thought as we travel through space.
British spelling
We take our home planet for granted; this chunk of rock orbiting the sun is so special to us and the millions of other species with whom we share it. And, as far as we know, there is no other place remotely like it.
Our beautiful world, the Earth, is the third-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting at a distance of 149.6 million kilometres, or 93 million miles.
There are countless reasons why life as we know it can live and thrive on this magical planet, but one of the main reasons is that it orbits the Sun at the perfect distance, which is called the Goldilocks zone or habitable zone. This area in space ensures that it is neither too hot nor too cold, and liquid water exists in this habitable zone, which is a requirement for all life on Earth.
If we were much closer to the sun, our oceans and lakes would boil dry, and if Earth were further from the sun, all the water would be frozen solid.
Sometime in the distant future, the conditions on Earth will change and all life will end, but that will be a natural process.
The sun is slowly getting warmer, and some experts believe that in a billion years, it will be so hot…
